Jun 8, 2013 | Health and Fitness
Don’t run to the wrong beat Did you know that listening to the wrong music when you run can actually slow you down or burn you out to early. Some people may just want entertainment while they are running, and that is fine. But if you are training for an event and you...Jun 7, 2013 | Health and Fitness
I‘m often asked which running app I’d recommend for training. I’ve been using the free Nike+ app for many years and found it to be very good and I’ve played around with another free app, RunKeeper which is also very good, however I’ve... 
May 31, 2013 | Health and Fitness
I titled this page ‘Running for Beginners’ because the training program I outline in my book ‘How to Break Your Fitness Slump and Comfortably Finish a Fun Run’ is designed for people who haven’t done a lot of running training before or for a long time and it is...May 26, 2013 | Health and Fitness
In our first or second year of life, we all taught ourselves to walk by trial and error. We also learnt to run by the same method. And unless you were lucky enough to have some running training when you were young, the odds are pretty slim that you taught yourself how...May 10, 2013 | Health and Fitness
The answer depends on how fast do you want to run. You’ve probably heard of the Pareto Principle. Quite simply Pareto’s Principle is that 20% of any activity yields 80% of the result and 80% of any activity yields 20% of the result. This works in almost any situation....May 2, 2013 | Health and Fitness
It is now 100 days until the 2013 City2Surf, so if you are up for it, come and join me in the City2Surf 100 Day Challenge. There are a lot of City2Surf training programs around and most of them only run for 10 weeks before the event, so you may be wondering why I...May 2, 2013 | Books and Resources
My first book is called: ‘How to Break Your Fitness Slump and Comfortably Finish a Fun Run’ This year I’ll be doing my 43rd City2Surf and over the years I’ve tried many different training programs in the lead up to the City2Surf. Over the last 42 years I’ve perfected...